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    <div class="left_content">
    
<?php

      $x = 1; ?>
      <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
      <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
      
      <?php if($x % 2 == 1) { ?>
      <div class="featured_medium left">
      <?php } else { ?>
      <div class="featured_medium right">
      <?php } ?>
        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('featured-medium'); ?></a>
        
        <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo substr(get_the_title(),0,50); ?></a></h3>
        <p><?php echo substr(strip_tags(get_the_content()),0,60); ?></p>
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      <?php endwhile; ?>
      
      <?php else : ?>

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